The most exciting news of the day from the U.S. Senior Open Championships (for me anyway) is the appearance of a large black bear that pranced across the fairway:
Notice how no one seems particularly inclined to get the heck out of there.
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From golf correspondent Al Gregson...
Baltimore-area favorite and University of Maryland graduate Fred Funk has committed to play in the 2007 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship, the last of the five majors on the Champions Tour and the first to be played at historic Baltimore Country Club.
Another area favorite, Jim Thorpe, who graduated from Morgan State in Baltimore, is also in the field. Thorpe won the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup tournament in 2006, giving him at least one win and $1 million in the last seven campaigns on the Champions Tour.
Continue reading Senior Players Championship update.
Max Shaull, 58, of York captured the Hanover Country Club men's championships on Sunday afternoon with a 2 and 1 victory over Alex Yalch.
In the women's final, Karen Miller notched her eighth championship with a 3 and 2 triumph over Nancy Sheppard.
Starting with J.W. Gitt in 1926, the men's tournament has produced local golfing legends such as Pee Wee Small, Karl Schoffstall, Jock Sneddon and, most recently, John Teel, who has been the leading winner since the tournament went to match play in 1984.
Read more about it in this Evening Sun story.
